Combined holder for paper sacks and boijl-paper



' No. 878,409- PATBHTED DBO. 10, 1907.

- W. B. BURKS.

COMBINED HOLDER. FOR PAPER SAUKS AND ROLL PAPER. AIPLIUL'HOI mm; mm. as. was.

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PA TENTED DEG. 10. 19.07.

W. E. BURKS. COMBINED HOLDER-FOR PAPER SAOKS AND ROLL PAIBB.

APPLIBATIOI TILED D30. 28. U08.

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WILLIAM E. BURKS, OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 V. V. ADKINS, OF ABHLAND, KENTUCKY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10 1907.

Application filed December 28.1906. Serial No. 349.866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. 13mins, citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland v in the county of Boyd and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined .Holders for Pa r Sacks-and Roll-Paper, of which the fo owing is a specification.

This invention relates to store service aparatus and more particularly to a support or aper sacks.

T e support for paper sacks embodies a rack containing shelves u on which the bundles of pa er sacks are p aced, guards to prevent (llS acement of the sacks, and means for ho ding the sacks upon the shelves, the guards being of novel formation and having detachable connection with the shelves to admit of the bundles of sacks being conveniently laced in position.

For a in description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in w 'ch:

Figure 1 is a frontview of the device. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the rack for receiving the paper sacks. Fig. 3 is a side view of the apphance.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the foilowin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference characters.

The device com rises a rack and a holder, the latter adapted for roll paper and the former for receiving pa r sacks of graduated sizes. Both the me and the holder form parts of a single structure and are mounted upon a single base which in the resent iustance comprises bars 1. The rac is mounted upon one portion of the base and the holder upon the end portion of said base opposite to that receiving the rack.

The rack comprises four uprights 2, the same being u wardly converged, and. shelves 3 the latter )eing located at dillerent elevatlons and gradually decreasing in size from bottom to top to accommodate the different standard sizes of pa er sacks. A guard 4 is provided at each our of the shelves and is detachably connected tl'lcreto so as to be removed when it is required to place n. bundle of paper sacks upon any shelf. The guards 4 limit outward movement of the piles of socks while at the same time ermitting the sacks to be removed from t e shelves one at a time. The cards are of like construction, hence a detailed description of one will suffice for a clear understanding thereof. Each guard is preferably constructed of wire of suitable age, the wire blank being doubled upon itsef and bent to provide the eye 5, spring coil 6, uprights 7, coils 8, horizontal bars 9 and journals 10. The uprights 7 are arranged referably at an obtuse angle to the horizonta bars 9 and are adapted to engage with the outer ends of the paper sacks and hold the same in convenient position to admit of each being detached one at a time. The eye 5 projects inwardly and overlaps the pile of sacks, thereby preventing the same om getting beyond control of the protectors.

The spring coil 6 admits of the uprights 7 being pressed together at their lower ends when 1t is re uired to disconnect the journals 10 from t e shelves, or to press the same inward when placing the protectors in posi tion. The spring coils 8 provide for a yielding or 5 ring movement of the u right portion of t e protector, thereby fac' itating the removal of the to most sack of a pile. Each shelf is provide at opposite ends with a notch 11 and the bottom side of said notch is closed by means of a plate 12, the latter forming a rest to hold the rotector in proper position, the horizontal liars 9 of the protector resting thereon.

Openings 13 are formed in the vertical side walls of the notches 11 near the inner ends thereof to receive the journals 10, said openings being provided preferably notches cut into the lower side of the shelves and which notches are closed by the plate 12 which also closes the lower side of the notch 11 in the manner stated. The notches 11 receive the horizontal bars of the protectors and at the same time rovidc convenient means for admitting o the sacks being grasped when placed in position, or when it may he required to remove the same from the shelves. When any shelf is empty, the protectors at the ends thereof may he turned ulpward out of the way without necessitating t icir removal and endangering their loss or misplmzcmcnt so as not to he convcnicptly at hand when required for use. By having the shelves provided at opposite ends with pro-. tcctors, the paper soc may be drawn from either end thereof as may be found most convenient. The shelves are of a le th toreceive the bundles of sacks as received from the facto The sacks when in original ackages, ave their ends overlapped so as to orm uniform packa es which would not be the case, if arranger in piles one u on the other because of the increased thic ss of the end corres ondi to the bottoms of the sacks. It will thus ge understood that the shelves are enabled to receive about twice the number of sacks which they would otherwise hold if no provision were made for the over lapping of the end portions of the sacks in the original packages.

Pressure bars, or plates 14 cooperate with the shelves and are centrally disposed and are adapted to exert and confine ressure upon the inner overlapped ends of t e sacks to revcnt displacement thereof Without interiierin with the removal of the individual sacks w on pulled upon after being disconnected from the protectors. The pressure gage to throw the upper and lower ends in d i erent vertical planes, with the result that a portion of the gage only, viz: the part adjacent to the roller 25 comes in contact with the central portion of the roll pa or. The construction is such as to admit o the gage 28 being moved to any of the roller 25 to adapt the same to the le th of the roll paper mounted thereon. By having the foot of the gage bent and rebent as shown at 30 and 31, and the rod, or bar 32, passed through 0 )enings 33, the gage automatically locks ltse upon the rod, or bar 32. The frame of the holder is provided bars, or lates 14, operate by gravity and are mounted upon upright rods, or bars 15, which are stapled, or otherwise attached, to the top portions of the shelves 3. Slots, or openings 16, are formed in opposite ends of t e pressure bars 14 to receive the rods, or bars 15.

The twine holder 17 is placed upon the top of the rack and may be of any construction and design. A rod, or bar 18, is secured to the side of the rack and is rovided at its u per end with a guide 19 t ough which 1'. e twine 20 passes, a link 21 being mounted u on the rod, or bar 18, to move freely t ereon and having the twine 20 pass therethrough. When drawing the twine 20 from the holder, the link 21 moves upward upon the rod, or bar 18 and after the length of twine drawn from the holder is cut, or broken, the link 21 descends upon the rod, or bar 18, and takes up the loose end of the twine.

The holder for the roll paper comprises superposed frames of similar formation, each comprising uprights 22 and a horizontal,-- or cross bar 23, connecting the respective ulprights. A shoulder 24 is provided upon t e inner side of each upright 22 and is notched in its upper end to receive the end of a roller 25 upon which the roll 26 of wrapping paper is mounted. The paper com rising the roll is usually wound upon a hollow center in which end pieces 27 are fitted, said end pieces having openings to receive the roller 25. This construction admits of an In th of roll pa or being mounted upon t 1e ro er 25 provi ed said roll paper does not exceed the length of the roller 25. To revent movement, or endwise play, of the re l paper 11 on the roller 25 when of less width than t 0 distance between the shoulders 24, or the uprights 22, a gage 28 is provided, the same consisting of an arm having an opening 29 through which the roller 25 passes, said arm with the usual pressure bar and cutter 35 which is spring actuated and mounted in bearings a plied to the horizontal, or cross bar 23. he rod, or bar 32, is supported at its ends in openings formed in the uprights 22 and may be of any line in cross section. A brace 36 connects the upper ends of the rack and holder.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A store service apparatus of the character described, consisting of a base, uprights supported 011 said base, a shelf secured to the uprights and adapted to receive piles of paper sacks, protectors secured to both ends of the shelf and each consisting of a horizontally extending portion attached to the shelf and extending outwardly therefrom and an upwardly extending portion adapted to en port the sacks at their outer ends, uprig t rods secured to the shelf at opposite sides -thereof and at the middle of the shelf, and a gravity actuated pressure bar slotted at its ends, the upright rods extendin through the slots and the bar being ads. to to rest upon the piles of sacks upon the s elf.

2. In store service apparatus, the combination of a shelf and a protector cooperating therewith, the same comprising spaced upright and horizontal members, the latter having outer extensions to make detachable connection with the shelf, coils at the juncture of the u right and horizontal members and other coi s at the top of the said uprights, one of the coils being in the plane thereof and the other coil about at a right angle to the plane of the uprights to extend over a pile of paper sacks, or the like, placed upon the shell and abutting against the said uprights.

3. In combination a shelf having a notch and openings in opposite walls of the notch position in the length and a protector comprising upright and horizontal portions, the utter lying in the notch below the upper surface of the shelf and adapted to be pressed together and having outer extensions to enter the said openings in the walls of the notch.

'- 4. In combination, a shelf provided with a notch and having openings in opposite Walls of the notch, a. late closing the ottom side of the notch and a protector comprising upright and horizontal portions, the latter lying in the notch upon the said plate and adapted to be pressed together and having extensions to enter the openings in the vertical walls of said notch.

5. In combination, a shelf adapted to recen e a dpile of paper sacks arranged with the1r en POrtlODB overlap ed, protectors at opposite ends of the she] to prevent outward displacement of the pile and apressure 20 WILLIAM E. BURKS. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

GEo. BALLARD, W. H. CLAY. 

